Improved clothes-pin



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Letters Patent No. 92,488, dated .-uly 13,1869.

IMPROVE!) CLOTHES-PIN.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent making part of the same.

To all whom Ait may concern Be it known that I, DAvnM. STRAIN, Jr., of Des Moines, Polk county, State of Iowa, have inventeda new andV improved Clothes-Pin, for securing clothes and other articles to a line, wire, or rod; and ll'dol hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in making a clothes-pin of one piece of Wood, and a solid ring, in such a manner, that when placed upon the' line, they cannot be separated, and cannot drop from the line, and can be readily movedfrom one point to another, as may be required, tjo suspend articles of different shapes and sizes.

It is particularly adapted to suspend the family wash on the clothes-line, but can be used in factories, to suspend cloth; in photograph-galleries, to suspend cards; and in innumerable instances, where a simple and practical pin or holder is-required.

It will not perforate or mark the articles held or suspended by it, and, when once placed on the line, will always be found in its place.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I take any kind of wood suitable for the purpose; out in pieces about iive inches long, either round, octagon, or square; andvniake them tapering, leaving the small end large enough to admit a hole, for the purpose of passing the 'clothesline through it.

The large end of the pin is slotted to the middle.

This slot is made to receive the edge of the article to be suspended.

Afterthe article is inserted, a ring is pressed down, and will clamp the article fast in the slot, and hold it securely until the ring is pressed back again.

The ring can be made of any metal, and made noncoirosive, or can be` made of hard rubber, or other suitable substances.

The ring is made large enough to pass over' the small end of the pin, and to slip down to near the large end, but too small to pass over the large end of the pin.

The ring is placed on the pin before the pin is put on the clothes-line, and will thereby be secured from falling off.

By this combination of my pin, the ring, and the line, a simple, complete, and practical clothes-pin is secured, which will be cheap and durable, and useful for all the various purposes to which a clothes-pin may be applied.

That lA claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tapered pin A, with a hole, B, in the small end, and a slot, C, in the large` end, to be used in connection with die ring l), and a line, wire or rod, for the purposes specified. DAVID M. STRAlN, Jn.

\Vitnesses z S. W. YOUNG, MILFORD TORRANCE. 

